Combined tie plate and rail anchor



June 6, 1933. R. WOODINGS 1,912,679

COMBINED TIE PLATE AND RAIL ANCHOR Filed April 16, 1932 WITNSSE$INVENTOR Patented June 6, 1933 PATENT EMANUEL WOODINGS, OF OAKMONT,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WOOD'INGS-VERONA TOOL WORKS, OF VEEONA,PFNI-ISYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA COIJBINED TIE PLATE ANDRAIL ANCHOR Application filed April 16,

This invention relates to railway track construction, and particularlyto a eombmed tie plate and fastening device adapted to receive and holda rail on a tie.

An object of the invention is to provide in a single integral device atie plate that will receive and seat the rail on a tie, betweenshoulders that prevent lateral movement of the rail, portions of the tieplate being adapted to prevent the rail from lifting away from theplate, and, optionally, to clamp the rail thereon to prevent itslongitudinal movement relative to the tie plate. More specific objectsand advantages of the structure will be apparent to those familiar withthe art from the following specification.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a rail seated .in atie plate embodying the preferred form of the invention; Fig. 2 is avertical section through the rail and an end elevation of the tie plateand fastening device of Fig. 1 applied thereto; Fig. 3 is a view similarto that of Fig. 2, showing a modification adapted to lock the railagainst vertical removal from the plate but leaving it free as tolongitudinal movement; Fig. 4 is a side view of the tie plate of Figs. 1and 2, with a rail seated on the plate; Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views ofother modifications; Fig. 7 is a. vertical section through a rail withthe tie plate of either Figs. 5 or 6 applied thereto; and Fig. 8 is aview similar to Fig. 4;, with the modified tie plate of Fig. 6 appliedto a rail.

In railway track construction rails are ordinarily seated upon tieplates which in turn are seated upon wooden ties embedded in the ballastof the road bed. Usually the tie plates have a longitudinal retainingrib on one side against which the base flange of the rail abuts, therail being fastened to the tie plate, and the tie plate in turn fastenedto the tie, by means of spikes or screws through the plate and havingheads extending over the edges of the rail base.

Rails in track construction such as that above referred to, tend tocreep in the direction of train travel thereon. To prevent thiscreepage, rail anchors, or creep checks, are

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usually applied to the rails at intervals. These anti-creep devicesconsist of some kind of clamp applied to the rail base and adapted toabut against the ties, or tie plates. The present invention combines inone device the functions of the tie plate and separate rail anchors,with a reduction of cost, and an increase of efliciency.

In Figs. 1 and 2 there is illustrated a standard rail R, having theusual base flange adapted to seat on a tie plate. The rail base has aflat bottom, and tapered upper sides leading to the intermediate web.

The tie plate shown comprises a base memher 1 with comparatively highlongitudinal parallel shoulders 2, spaced apart a distance suflicient toreceive snugly the rail base therebetween. At opposite ends theseshoulders have longitudinal transverse under-cuts 3, preferably sawcuts," running transversely longitudinally from the ends=to a distancesomewhat less than half the length of the tie plate, the cuts beingpositioned in a plane determined by the tickness of the rail base andthe angle of the upper side thereof. The cuts, when the rail is seatedin the plate, preferably, but not necessarily, lie in extensions of theplanes of the upper sides of the rail base, respectively.

After the rail is seated'in the plate, locking portions 4 above the cutsare bent inward laterally of the shoulder in a horizontal direction, asby a blow of a spike maul, so as to overlie and ride upon the inclinedfaces 5, 5, of the rail base, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4:. As theends of the locking portions 4 are bent horizontally inward the inclinedunder faces of these portions come into contact with the rail base, theangle of the inclined faces of the rail base and the underside of theprojection, 4, 4, being substantially the same. Any further bendinginward of the portions 4, after contact with the rail base, results indistortion of the metal, and applies a resilient clamping grip of therail base between the locking portions 4, and the body portion 1 of thetie plate. The rail is thus securely held by the plate against relativelateral, vertical and longitudinal movement. The plate itself may beattached to a tieT by spikes or any suitable means, many of which arewell known in the art. Since spikes or screws are not relied on withthis plate to clamp the rail down, spike holes may be positioned nearthe outer edges of the plate, or other places remote from the rail edge.This helps eonserve the tie, and is an advantage compared to usualconstruction in which spikes are driven at the rail base edge. Since thespike holes maybe located at any desired point in the plate outside theshoulders 2 they are not here illustrated.

In Fig. 3 a modification is shown in that the cuts 3a are so wide thatthe locking portions 460 may extend over the rail base materiallywithout contact therewith. Consequently the rail seats in the tie plate1a shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and is held against lateral and substantialvertical movement by the locking shoulders of the tie plate, but is notclamped to restrict longitudinal movement.

In Fig. 5 the shoulders 26 instead of being undercut as in Figs. 2 and3, have vertical cuts, near the opposite ends of the shoulders. The cutsform end locking portions 4?) which grip the rail to the tie plate-whenthey are bent over against the rail base as shown in Fig.7.

In Fig. 6 two vertical cuts are made in the shouldersQc, andtheintermediate portion is bent over into contact with the rail base asillustrated in Fig. 7 The degree of resilient clamping grip of the tieplate on the rail base may be varied somewhat by theextent to which thelocking portions 4, 46, or 40 are driven inwardover the rail base. Butin all forms of the device, after the rail has been seated, and thelocking portions forced inward to overlie the railbase, the rail islocked to the plate and tie by integral portions of the tie plates,without the necessity of having spike heads contact with the rail base.

According to the provisions of the patent statutes,-I have explained theprinciple and mode of operation of my invention, and have illustratedand described what I now consider-to represent its best embodiment. However, I desire to have it understood that,

' within the scope of the appended claims, the

invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustratedand described.

Iclaimi 1. In railway track construction comprising a tie and a rail, aplate memberfa'daptedj to'be positioned on the "tie and under the railand having parallel shoulders on each side of the rail seat, saidshoulders having undercuts from opposite ends in extensions of therespective planes of the upper faces of the rail base, the parts of theshoulders above said cuts being adapted to be bent inward to overlie therail base. I I

2. A tie plate adapted to seat a rail on a fi tie in railway trackconstruction, having parallel longitudinal shoulders adapted to form asnug seat therebetween for the rail base, the shoulders extending upwarda distance materially greater than the thickness of the outer edges ofthe rail base, the upper end portions of the shoulders being separatedfrom the lower portions thereof by transverse cuts extendinglongitudinally and laterally into the shoulders from the ends thereof,the walls of the cuts being parallel to the planes of the upper slopingsides of the rail base.

3. In railway track construction, a plate adapted to seat on a tie andto receive a rail thereon, the plate having shoulders adapted to retainthe rail base against lateral movement, the shoulders extendingabove theedges of the rail base and having transverse longitudinal under-cutsextending inward from the ends of the shoulders, whereby to furnishvportions adapted to be bent horizontally inward to overlie a rail basepositioned on the plate.

4. In railway track construction, a plate adapted to be positionedbetween a tie and a rail, the plate having a shoulder adapted to abutone side of the rail base, extending above the rail base, and having atransverse longitudinal under-cut extending inward from an end of theshoulder, whereby to furnish a portion adapted to be bent horizontallyinward to overlie a rail base seated on the plate.

5. In a railway track construction, a plate adapted to seat on a tie andto receive a rail thereon, the plate having shoulders adapted to retainthe rail base, against lateral movement thereon, one of the shouldersextending above the rail base and having a transverse longitudinalunder-cut extending inward from an end of the shoulder, whereby tofurnish a portion adapted to be bent horizontally inward to overlie arailbase positioned on the tie.

6. In railway track construction, a plate EMANUEL WOODINGS.

